Type-writer attachment.



H. L. TANNER.

TYPE WRITER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15. 1917.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

HARRY L. TANNER, or BROOKLYN, new YORK, assrenon TO THE- TANNERENGINEER- nre coMrAnY, me, or BROOKLYN, new YORK, A coarona'rron or NEWYORK.

TYPE-WRITER ATTACHBE'ENT.

' siding at 1144 East 19th street, Brooklyn,

' invention and shown in the operative posiin the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and use-.

ful Improvements in Type-Writer Attachments, of which the following is aspecification; J

This invention relates to means for attaching a typewriter or otheroflice' machine, such as an adding machine, to a desk or table drawer.The Object of the 1nvention is to provide means for supporting portlonreaching out beyond the edge of said machines in an operable positionwhen in use and for guiding the same into a re: posing position withinthe drawer when not in use.- My invention has'especial adapta' tion tosmall size typewriters ofthe collapsible or folding type. I

Referring to the drawings wherein I have shown what I now consider to bethe preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a typewriter attached to a draweraccording to my tion. I

Fig. 2 is a view of the typewriter folded or turned down into thedrawer, so that the drawer may be closed.

Figs. 3 and a are details showing different 7 m eans for securing themachine to a bar which is in turn secured to the drawer.

'Fig. 5 is a View of a modified form of bar. In the drawings 1represents a desk or table, one of the drawers 2 of which is shown open.A bar 3 preferably of metal is shown rotatably mounted in the drawer 2near the top and front thereof. The bar is preferably inclined at anangle to the front of the-drawer so that when the typewriter is foldedoutwardly in the operative position the keyboard will be turned somewhatto the front so as to be in a readily accessible.

position for the operator. The ends of the bar may fit rotatably intoplates I which may be securely fastened to the sides 5 of I the draweras by screws 4. The typewriter 7 having a keyboard 26 and carriage 20may be fastened to the bar by strips 6 fixed to said bar by'beingpressedtherearound, or

by any other suitable method and secured by screws or rivets 8 or thelike, to the frame 9 of said typewriter. My invention is especiallyadapted to the Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedllfigb; 11,191L9 Application filed December 15,1917. -Serial No. 207,230.

small models of typewriters and particularly those in which the carriageis adapted to fold. forwardly to effect a compact arrangement.

In the form shown, the carriage 20 folds forwardly about pivots 21 and22 connecting forwardly extending bars 23 and '24. When folded forwardlycarriage 20 is rotated through approximately 180 and rests face downwardon front piece 25.

In Fig. 1 the typewriter is shown in the operable position, attached asdescribed to bar 3, and resting on its frame 9 on the front piece 10 ofthe drawing, the major in the drawer as shown in Fig. 2,so that thedrawer may be closed. As shownin Fig. 2, I may provide a foo 11 on theback piece 12 of the frame 9 of the machine to rest on the front edge 10of the drawer if desired when the machine is in the In Fig. 5 I haveshown a modified form of bar 3 adapted to be adjusted to fit variouswidths of drawers. While any form of extensible bar may be employed forthis purpose, I have shown .a bar compris ing an outer or sleeve portion3 and an inz ner portion 3* slidably inserted into said outer portion.

Any suitable means, such as a set screw 13 may be used to lock theportions together in the desired position. In Fig. 3 I have shown amodified type of clip for fastening the typewriter to the bar 3. Thisclip may comprise a portion 14 fixed on said bar and a portion 15adapted to be fastened to portion .14 by means of v a set screw 16,while the two portions may be bent over adjacent their ends 14: and 15so as to embrace the two edges of frame 9 of the typewriter.

The preferred form of clip is shown in Fig. 4:, and comprises a member17 fixed on shaft 3 and adapted to be secured to projection 18 to whichthe rubber feet 19 of I the typewriter are attached. For this purllldpose the said feet may he removed and the for machines other thantypewriters,

rigidlyfised in said end plates and G la-111i): ing members 6 may hemade to rotate on saidjhar. In this case, a stop coliar 2T 5) may herigidiy fixed to bar 3' on each side of cianiping member to preventiaterai movement of said members.

in accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, 1 have hereindescribed the principle of operation of my invention, together with theapparatus, which it new consider to represent the best embodimentihereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown isonly ilhistratire and that the invention can he carried out by othermeans. Also, while it is designed to use the various features andelements in the combination and relations described, some oi these maybe altered and others omitted without interfering with the more generairesults outlined, and the invention emtends to such use.

Haring described my inrention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: v

1. The combination with a desk baring a drawer of ordinar i size, of atypewriter having a folding carriage and a hinge for said typewritersecured across the onening oi? said drawer whereby the typewriter may hefoided in the inrerted nosition within the drawer and turned each to anupright position above the drawer.

:2. sin attachment :ior a typewriter, cornprising a bar of adjustableiength. means for securing; said bar to a typewriter, and

means for mounting said bar in a drawer. 3. The combination Wllili a"desk having drawer, of a bar secnred across the opening said'drawer atan angle to the front of the drawer and typewriter attached to said har.

d. in combination, a desk, 2 drawer, a har rotatable fined across theinside adjacentthe top of said drawer, a

the machine, and that it may also heior instance, as adding orcomputing.

gewriter to said bar.

typewriter and means for tjii o. lsieans forattaching a typewriter to adrawer, comprising a bar, end pistes for a said bar adapted to beattached tosaid drawer, projections on said bar and ineans for attachinga typewriter to said projections.

'8. T he combination with a desk having a drawer of the arerage depth,an ofice machine hinged Within said drawer so as to fold there-into andmeans "for supporting said machine in an operative position on the endor said drawer when said machine is lifted out of said drawer.

3'. Means for attaching a typewriter to a drawer, comprising anextensible bar, end plates for rotatahly supporting said bar and adaptedto be attached to said drawer and means for attaching said typewriter tosaid bar.

8. Means for attaching a typewriter to a drawer comprising a bar, endplates for rotataloly supporting said bar, means for securing said endpiates to said drawer and projections on said bar, adapted to beattached to the feet supporting inemher of a in said drawer.

ill. The combination with a drawer and a desk, of an officemachinehaving a keyhoard, piroted therein adjacent the outer edge- ,oi:the drawer whereby said machine may he folded upside down within thedrawer and may he supported by the from;

of the drawer with the keyboard in the i oneratire position.

12. The combination with a desk having an average size drawer, atypewriter hinged to and adapted to fold into said drawer when not inuse and above and beyond the drawer when operative, the frontof thedrawer serving to support the same in the iastaiamed position.

T twtiinony whereof .l have 'afined attaching said

